The Early String Quartets, op. 18

Album by Ludwig van Beethoven & Takács Quartet

The Early String Quartets, Op. 18 is a set of six string quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, published in 1801. The works employ Classical-era chamber forms and idioms—with balanced sonata structures, contrapuntal writing and increasing expressive contrast—which mark Beethoven's consolidation of the quartet genre and foreshadow the greater formal and harmonic experimentation of his middle period.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18 no. 1: I. Allegro con brio
    8:46
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18 no. 1: II. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
    9:05
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18 no. 1: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
    3:09
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 18 no. 1: IV. Allegro
    6:31
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18 no. 2: I. Allegro
    7:00
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18 no. 2: II. Adagio cantabile — Allegro — Tempo I
    6:31
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18 no. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    4:15
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in G major, op. 18 no. 2: IV. Allegro molto, quasi Presto
    5:13
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18 no. 3: I. Allegro
    7:38
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18 no. 3: II. Andante con moto
    7:15
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18 no. 3: III. Allegro
    2:35
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 18 no. 3: IV. Presto
    6:15

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: I. Allegro ma non tanto
    8:15
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: II. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto
    6:22
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: III. Menuetto. Allegretto
    3:31
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in C minor, op. 18 no. 4: IV. Allegro — Prestissimo
    4:13
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18 no. 5: I. Allegro
    6:39
  6. 7.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18 no. 5: II. Menuetto
    5:15
  7. 8.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18 no. 5: III. Andante cantabile
    9:16
  8. 9.
    String Quartet in A major, op. 18 no. 5: IV. Allegro
    6:32
  9. 10.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: I. Allegro con brio
    6:03
  10. 11.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: II. Adagio ma non troppo
    6:44
  11. 12.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: III. Scherzo. Allegro
    3:06
  12. 13.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18 no. 6: IV. La Malinconia. Adagio — Allegretto quasi Allegro
    8:21

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